I Did It!!

Years ago, before I found my crafting niche, I bought a basket kit. I don't think I ever finished it. I remembered it as I was weaving this basket from textured cardstock. I'd forgotten that I'd already determined that basket-making is not my thing. However, maybe I was wrong all those years ago. Perhaps I was young and impatient and gave up too easily.

This basket is the result of a wonderful pictorial on Laura Canale's Wish You Were Here blog. Seriously, I don't even know what made me attempt it other than the fact that I thought it was so darned cute. It was a challenge, and it was fun, but I say that only because it turned out!! When I was putting it together and taking it apart over and over again, I wasn't exactly having a good time. Finally, after telling myself to relax, things started coming together more easily. It's the first stages, weaving those 1/8-inch strips around the bottom of the basket that were the most difficult. Nevertheless, I didn't really know if it was going to turn out until I got the stabilizing band on around the top. Then I looked at it and said, "Wow!"

While I filled it with Nuggets for a photo, I don't have a clue what I'm going to do with it. For the time being, I'm going to set it on the bookcase next to my computer as a reminder that I can do what I sometimes believe to be the impossible . . . so long as I keep trying and don't give up too soon. On a lighter note, if you make this basket for someone, I advise you to make it for someone who crafts themselves and will appreciate your effort. It's also a little too much work for a handful of Hershey Nuggets. Jewelry or real gold nuggets would be more appropriate. That said, I'm going to lay down for a little while before going back to my corner to finish off the weekend. It's going by fast . . . darn it! Later!

Materials & Tools: Blush Textured Cardstock, Glue Dots - mini and regular, Terrifically Tacky Tape, Square brushed nickel brads, Ribbon from Michael's.